Rene Engel Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 1993 Aconcagua A much more floral-inflected nose

A much more floral-inflected nose is equally fresh and ripe with a broader range of spice elements adding breadth to the pretty red and blue pinot fruit aromas that are trimmed in noticeable if not invasive wood

awesomely concentrated wine goes on and on in the mouth

I clearly underrated the 1994 from my earliest barrel tastings

The old vines are very much in evidence as there is a true abundance of palate soaking dry extract that imparts a velvety mouth feel to the mid-palate and buffers the very firm tannins on the youthfully austere

culminating in a slightly austere and ever-so-mildly dry finish of solid though not exceptional persistence

Rene Engel Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 1993 Aconcagua A much more floral-inflected nose